So after the opponents missed a 25% game (that makes) and overbid to a 25% slam (that doesn't) Andy and I were back in business.  Last chance to be a hero. 

I picked up in 2nd at favorable:

AK7 / Q5 / J84 / QJT97

Righty spoiled my fun by opening 1 Heart and I chose to double (I consider it pretty normal, but not everyone's choice.)

Lefty bid 1 Spade and Andy bid 3 Diamonds.  Righty doubled and self-alerted it as a support double ('Who plays support doubles at the 3 level?)  I passed and Lefty bid 4 Hearts.

What do you lead?

This was my 2nd 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing' mistake of the match.  My first was back in the first hand when I decided to play the guy with short Hearts for the Queen of Spades, when I could only pick up 4-2 Spades if the guy with SHORT spades had the Queen.  This time it sounded like I could probably give my partner a Spade ruff on the go, how could that be bad?  I soon found out.

I led the King of Spades and dummy tracked:

QT643 / A63 / A973 / 8

Andy followed with the 9 (udca).  Now what?

I probably should have continued with a low Spade (Andy's pretty much marked with J9.)  Declarer is almost sure to get it right, but what choice do I have?  There's almost no way that Andy has the King of Hearts or Ace of Clubs and if he doesn't, Declarer will be able to claim after I give Andy a spade ruff (setting up dummy's spades.)  That Andy was ruffing with a natural trump trick from J98 made matters even worse.

But better would have been to make my natural lead of the Queen of Clubs in spite of my strong hunch that pard had a ruff coming on a different lead.  I had Spades and Clubs under control, Andy had Diamonds under control, where are the tricks coming from if I don't set up Dummy's Spades?  I dunno, I don't think it's an easy hand, but Declarer needs mirrors to make on the Queen of Clubs lead (and went down in 3 at the other table when our teammates didn't open the hand.)

Declarer & Dummy

QT643 / A63 / A973 / 8

852 / KT742 / - / AK653

Andy

J9 / J98 / KQT652 / 42

We lost 12 IMPs on the board and the match 29-10.  I needed to get 2/3 of these right to win it.

Oh, and the Abdullah reference is to this guy, not a generic anti-Muslim slur (in case you were wondering.)